Computer Architecture

  1. Parallel Processing Architectures
    1. Instruction-Level Parallelism
      1. ILP Concepts
        1. Superscalar Processors
          1. Multiple Issue
            1. Dynamic Scheduling
            2. Out-of-Order Execution
              1. Tomasulo's Algorithm
                1. Reservation Stations
                2. Register Renaming
                  1. Speculative Execution
                  2. Thread-Level Parallelism
                    1. Multithreading Concepts
                      1. Multithreading Types
                        1. Fine-Grained Multithreading
                          1. Coarse-Grained Multithreading
                            1. Simultaneous Multithreading
                          2. Multicore Architectures
                            1. Multicore Design
                              1. Homogeneous Cores
                                1. Heterogeneous Cores
                                2. Shared Memory Systems
                                  1. Symmetric Multiprocessing
                                    1. Non-Uniform Memory Access
                                    2. Cache Coherence
                                      1. Coherence Problem
                                        1. Snooping Protocols
                                          1. Directory-Based Protocols
                                          2. Synchronization
                                            1. Synchronization Primitives
                                              1. Atomic Operations
                                            2. Data-Level Parallelism
                                              1. Vector Processing
                                                1. Vector Architectures
                                                  1. Vector Instructions
                                                  2. SIMD Extensions
                                                    1. SIMD Concepts
                                                      1. SIMD Instruction Sets
                                                    2. Specialized Architectures
                                                      1. Graphics Processing Units
                                                        1. GPU Architecture
                                                          1. Parallel Computing on GPUs
                                                          2. Digital Signal Processors
                                                            1. DSP Features
                                                              1. DSP Applications
                                                              2. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
                                                                1. FPGA Structure
                                                                  1. FPGA Programming

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                                                              1. Introduction to Computer Architecture